Staten Island Chuck the Groundhog Lives (Limerick)
There’s been a Groundhog Day rules change at the Staten Island Zoo, in the wake of last year’s groundhog death at the klutzy hands of Mayor Bill de Blasio:
Staten Island Chuck the Groundhog Lives (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Seems the zoos of New York had their fill
Of Mayor-caused Groundhog Day-kill.
Last year’s groundhog is dead,
So “no holding,” they said.
“We are Chucking your touching rights, Bill.”
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Jimmy the Groundhog is pushing for change in Wisconsin as well:
In Sun Prairie, Wis, there’s a player
Who elevates things up a layer.
If you want something done,
Ask their groundhog–the one
That I’ve heard has the ear of the Mayor!
:-)
Staten Island: the groundhog’s named Chuck;
See him busily earning his buck
Meanwhile watching for Bill
Moving in for the kill:
Chuck’s determined: “groundHOG” not “ground CHUCK”!
— SB the YDD